Figure 6. Value of Probabilities (from Figure 5) for the BF To Bind the “Left” or “Right” X, p_l (Filled Circles) and p_r (Empty Circles), and To Be Unbound, p_u (Squares), Are Plotted After 20 Hours (i.e., After the Transient Regime from the Initial Configuration) as a Function of the Relative Skewing Energy between the “Chromosomes,” ΔE .

Here E_x = 4kT, E ₀ = 2.4 kT, and c = 0.025.

The inset shows p_u as a function of E_x when ΔE = 0 (here p_l = p_r = (1 − p_u) / 2). Interestingly, p_u is nonzero also for comparatively high values of E_x.